وی

See also: وي and وئ

Persian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [waj]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [wäj]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [wäj]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [wäj]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [wäj]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [vej]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [väj]

Readings
Classical reading?	way
Dari reading?	way
Iranian reading?	vey
Tajik reading?	vay

Pronoun

Dari	وی
Iranian Persian
Tajik	вай

وِی • (vey)

1. (literary, formal) she, he

   Synonym: او (u)

See also

Persian personal pronouns (Iranian Persian)

		singular	plural
1st person		مَن (man)	ما (mâ)
2nd person	familiar	تو (to)	شُما (šomâ)
	polite	شُما (šomâ)
3rd person	general	او (u) اون (on)*	آن‌ها (ân-hâ), آنان (ânân) اونا (onâ)*
	formal	وِی (vey)	ایشان (išân)
	polite	ایشان (išân)

* colloquial pronunciations

Persian personal pronouns (Classical and Dari)

			singular		plural
			nominative	accusative5	nominative	accusative5
1st person	general		من (man)	مرا (marā)	ما (mā)	—
	informal1		مه (ma)	مره (mara)		ماره (māra)
2nd person	familiar		تو (tū, tō)2	ترا (turā)	شما (šumā)	—
	formal		شما (šumā)	—
	informal1		—	تره (tura)	شمایا (šumāyā)	شمایاره (šumāyāra)
3rd person, proximal	general		او (ō) آن (ān)	—	آنان (ānān)4 آن‌ها (ān‑hā)4	—
	formal		وی (way)3 ایشان (ēšān)		ایشان (ēšān)
	informal	normal1	او (ū)	اوره (ūra)	اونا (ūnā)	ایناره (ūnāra)
		emphatic I1	اونو (ūnū)	اونوره (ūnūra)	وا (wā)	واره (wāra)
		emphatic II1	اونمو (ūnamū)	اونموره (ūnamūra)	اونموا (ūnamwā)	اونمواره (ūnamwāra)
3rd person, distal	general		این (īn)	—	اینان (īnān) این‌ها (īn‑hā)	—
	informal	normal1	ای (ī)	ایره (īra)	اینا (īnā)	ایناره (īnāra)
		emphatic I1	اینی (īnī)	اینیره (īnīra)	یا (yā)	یاره (yāra)
		emphatic II1	اینمی (īnamī)	اینمیره (īnamīra)	اینمیا (īnamyā)	اینمیاره (īnamyāra)

¹ Only applies to Dari.
² Only applies to Classical Persian.
³ Not formal in Tajik.
⁴ The plural forms آن‌ها and آنان are typically interchangeable.
⁵ All accusative pronouns can be created with the nominative + را; only unique forms are included.

Etymology 2

English vee.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [wiː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [wiː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [wiː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [wiː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [wi]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [viː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [vi]

Readings
Classical reading?	wī
Dari reading?	wī
Iranian reading?	vi
Tajik reading?	vi

Noun

وی • (vi)

1. Transliteration of the name of the Latin-script letter v in English and other European languages.

Derived terms

• اچ‌آی‌وی (eč-ay-vi)